Forget the crocodile tears and righteous anger. Did you know that the feeding budget of the Presidency surpasses the capital allocation for over 10 police colleges and training institutions in Nigeria?

According to Thisday news reports:

The police boast more than 10 training institutions, including Police College, Ikeja; Police College, Oji River, Enugu State; Police College, Kaduna, Kaduna State; Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State; Police Training Staff College, Jos, Plateau State; Police Mobile Force Training School, Ila-Orangun, Osun State; and Police Mobile Training School, Gwoza, Borno State.

Others are Police Detective College, Enugu State; College of Computer Studies, Abeokuta, Ogun State; and other training schools in Lagos, Edo and Cross River States, among other states across the country.

However, in the 2012 budget, of the N308.4 billion budget for the police and its command, only N271 million was allocated for the upgrade and maintenance of facilities in all the colleges nationwide.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/presidency-summons-minister-over-decay-in-police-college/137106/

Compared to our presidency's billion naira feeding budgets, the allocation to the police training institutions is laughable. Do not forget that the president spends 3 billion naira yearly on travels, and 9 billion was being justified for a VP residence in Abuja.

The visit is a good way for the President to get an idea of the huge discrepancy between what the government allocates to itself for enjoyment, versus what it allocates to Nigerian institutions that actually directly impact Nigerians.

When he is looking for who to blame for the rot at the police training college, he would do well to go to his bathroom and take a good look at himself in the mirror.

If this is the reality....then it speaks volume of the huge difference between the leaders and Nigerians.

I wonder what is the problem with Nigeria...has it got anything to do with the way we practice the Presidential system of govt ?

And we blame policemen for collectin twenty Naira on the road? When person's food budget is more than that of several thousand simply Because he is the president. President my black a.ss. All those oppressin and makin life miserable for the masses shall see the wrath and anger of God this 2013. Let me hear a loud Amen

Whenever people say a politician is a 'Christian', I laugh. The difference between Christianity, Islam or Juju worship has been reduced to that of supporting Manchester United, Chelsea or Westham United. Can you possibly be a practicing Christian and allocate such huge money for your personal enjoyment at the detriment of public institutions that affect the majority of your citizens? The same question goes to our former Muslim leaders. What values in Islam encourages corruption and waste in the face of abject poverty?

Unacceptable. I made the same observation yesterday when I wrote the following on a different discussion thread.

Wait a minute...

Let's equate the derisory amount allocated for the refurbishment of all barracks the length and breadth of Nigeria with the Presidency's profligacy

The budget for barracks rehabilitation and construction is N585 million.

alongside

In next year’s budget, the presidency will like to spend N1.5b on household repairs. His deputy, Sambo, is seeking N3b for trips and stationeries while both are asking for N1b for food. The budget proposal also makes provision for N16.64 million as rent payable on the official residence of the Vice President

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This is the problem with knee-jerk reactions...they often becloud reasoning.

The budgetary provision for the Police is the third largest in 2013 budget after Education and Defense... This shows where the President priority lies.

Beyond the ritual of allocating funds MDAs, the breakdown of the budget was subjected to scrutiny and debate, heads of various defense organs were summoned to present a convincing details of how allocated funds will be judiciously utilize during the fiscal year in question.

This is a research conducted by Business Day on the budgetary provisions and some of the ills plaguing the force.

"The revelation that the Nigeria Police Force will spend 94 percent of its 2013 budget on recurrent expenditure/personnel costs highlights the depth of the security challenges facing the country.

 The figures are revealed in a yet to be published report on the ‘facts and figures’ behind the 2013 budget, prepared by BusinessDay’s Research and Intelligence Unit (BRIU).

According to BusinessDay’s analysis of the proposed 2013 budget, the county’s police formations and commands have an allocation of N311 billion (US$1.997 billion), but have the second highest overall personnel cost of N293 billion (US$1.88 billion).

When personnel costs are expressed as a proportion of total budget, to show which ministries are spending most of their budget allocation just to service their personnel, the police formations and commands top the list, with 94 percent of their total budget allocation consumed by personnel.

Ironically, an executive bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund was killed by the House of Representatives, in a vote held on December 18, 2012.

The fund was expected to provide more funds to the police and overhaul the force to be more professional and efficient, with better training, new uniforms, more pay, the building of new police stations and colleges,and better equipment and promotion regimes.

The financial position of the police is raising questions about how the force can effectively tackle crime in the face of the rampaging insecurity affecting the nation, and scaring away economic development and investors.

“The Nigerian police is saddled with unavailability of resources and obsolete equipment, said the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar in December, at the opening ceremony of a meeting with commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Unit.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/50004-police-high-recurrent-budget-shows-depth-of-security-challenge


There is more to budget preparation, presentation, defense, passage and implementation...

hmmm!

And the moronic president was bitching about police undermining his government ? This guy na real mumuni

If that is the case,it shows there is hypocrisy on the part of the govt,nothing will happen to the presidential visit to the college,didn't Madueke cry at benin-ore road,what was the outcome. They are only fooling us,usual 9ja style.

Na Wah oooooo,I pray dat food won't come out thru their nose. Selfish people

Maxymilliano:
Ironically, an executive bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund was killed by the House of Representatives, in a vote held on December 18, 2012.

The fund was expected to provide more funds to the police and overhaul the force to be more professional and efficient, with better training, new uniforms, more pay, the building of new police stations and colleges,and better equipment and promotion regimes.

There is more to budget preparation, presentation, defense, passage and implementation...

I could not agree more with the emboldened portion of your post.

For the record, here are some of the reasons why the bill was rejected

Reps Rejects Police Reform Trust Fund Bill



The House of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking the establishment of the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund.

The bill seeks to establish a trust fund to make more money available to the police for its operations.

The members unanimously voted against the bill when the Deputy Speaker, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, who presided put it to vote.

Rep. Mulikat Akande-Adeola (PDP-Oyo), the Majority Leader, who led the debate, said that the fund was necessary to enhance operations of the police.

Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (ACN-Lagos), the Minority Leader, said that it was unconstitutional to compel State Governments to contribute to the proposed fund.

``I support the bill but I have problem with some components of the bill,’’ he said.

He said that though the fund was important, it would be out of place to have the fund and at same time continue to appropriate fund to the police in the budget.

Rep. Asita Honourable (PDP-Rivers), who spoke against the bill, said the proposed bill had shown that the Federal Government could no longer fund the police.

He urged the Federal Government to decentralise the police, while calling on the house to put a hold on the passage of the bill until the ongoing constitutional review was concluded to avoid duplication.

``It is dangerous to pass this bill. Let us wait until the constitutional amendment is concluded," he said, while advising members to look beyond the good intention of the bill.

Rep. Patrick Ikhariale (PDP-Edo) stressed the need to always have resources for the use of the police when the need arose.

According to him, when established, the fund would boost the morale of the police.

Rep. Leo Ogor (PDP-Delta), the Deputy Majority Leader, said that the fund would equip the police to face challenges ahead of it.

He said that the fund was necessary because of the change in security worldwide.

Rep. Farouk Lawan (PDP-Kano) said that the lack of capacity had been responsible for the inability of the police to combat crimes in the country.

Meanwhile, the house has passed a bill for an Act to amend the Court of Appeal Act, 2005. The bill seeks to increase the number of the Justices from 70 to 90. (NAN)

Source

eGuerrilla:

I could not agree more with the emboldened portion of your post.

For the record, here are some of the reasons why the bill was rejected


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Bro, even though the bill was rejected, there have been budgetary allocations from the FG together with contribution from state governments and local governments since 2011, a total of N40billion was jointly contributed in 2011-2012 though I have no figure for 2012-2013. The question is where are these monies?

Maxymilliano: The budgetary provision for the Police is the third largest in 2013 budget after Education and Defense... This shows where the President priority lies.

Beyond the ritual of allocating funds MDAs, the breakdown of the budget was subjected to scrutiny and debate, heads of various defense organs were summoned to present a convincing details of how allocated funds will be judiciously utilize during the fiscal year in question.

This is a research conducted by Business Day on the budgetary provisions and some of the ills plaguing the force.

"The revelation that the Nigeria Police Force will spend 94 percent of its 2013 budget on recurrent expenditure/personnel costs highlights the depth of the security challenges facing the country.

 The figures are revealed in a yet to be published report on the ‘facts and figures’ behind the 2013 budget, prepared by BusinessDay’s Research and Intelligence Unit (BRIU).

According to BusinessDay’s analysis of the proposed 2013 budget, the county’s police formations and commands have an allocation of N311 billion (US$1.997 billion), but have the second highest overall personnel cost of N293 billion (US$1.88 billion).

When personnel costs are expressed as a proportion of total budget, to show which ministries are spending most of their budget allocation just to service their personnel, the police formations and commands top the list, with 94 percent of their total budget allocation consumed by personnel.

Ironically, an executive bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund was killed by the House of Representatives, in a vote held on December 18, 2012.

The fund was expected to provide more funds to the police and overhaul the force to be more professional and efficient, with better training, new uniforms, more pay, the building of new police stations and colleges,and better equipment and promotion regimes.

The financial position of the police is raising questions about how the force can effectively tackle crime in the face of the rampaging insecurity affecting the nation, and scaring away economic development and investors.

“The Nigerian police is saddled with unavailability of resources and obsolete equipment, said the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar in December, at the opening ceremony of a meeting with commanders of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Unit.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/50004-police-high-recurrent-budget-shows-depth-of-security-challenge


There is more to budget preparation, presentation, defense, passage and implementation...

Bros, the total budget of the police sub-sector for 2012 was N331billion and a total provision of N311billion made for 2013. Does the president's priority lie in the reduction in police funding? the overall personnel cost of N293billion for 400000 officers is meagre!

eGuerrilla:
I could not agree more with the emboldened portion of your post.
For the record, here are some of the reasons why the bill was rejected

Thanks for the additional info bro but hope you'll also agree that the approved sum of 311Bn to the Police is the third largest budgetary provision after Education and Defense in the 2013 budget.


This is a summary of some key allocations in the budget proposal:

Works – N183.5 billion;

Power – N74.26 billion;

Education – N426.53 billion;

Health – N279.23 billion;

Defence – N348.91 billion;

Police – N319.65 billion;

Agriculture & Rural Development – N81.41 billion.

take dat: Bro, even though the bill was rejected, there have been budgetary allocations from the FG together with contribution from state governments and local governments since 2011, a total of N40billion was jointly contributed in 2011-2012 though I have no figure for 2012-2013. The question is where are these monies?

Haba @take dat, you are asking the obvious here.

Pointblanknews.com was reliably informed that in the budget years of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, over N2 Billion was approved for the renovation of all Police Colleges and Training Centers but the funds when released, ended up in the private pockets of top Police Chiefs in connivance with officials of the Police Affairs Ministry.

A very reliable source gave a breakdown of budgetary allocation to the Nigerian Police for the yearly upgrade of police Colleges and Training Centers as between 2009 and 2012 as follows: 2009-N700Million, 2010-N759 Million, 2011-N291 Million, 2012-N296 Million, bringing it to a total of N2.046 Billion in the last four years.

In a clime where high ranking Police Chiefs are expected to lend a helping with the delivery of fraudulent elections, is it any wonder that funds are siphoned with no fear of prosecution?

eGuerrilla:

Haba @take dat, you are asking the obvious here.



In a clime where high ranking Police Chiefs are expected to lend a helping with the delivery of fraudulent elections, is it any wonder that funds are siphoned with no fear of prosecution?

Hehehe, you just nailed it! Reasons why GEJ will do nothing to Olubolade, a one time benefactor of his and the wasteful bureaucracy(Min) that controls police pension and award contracts for police facilities! Rogues as Leaders.

Maxymilliano:
Thanks for the additional info bro but hope you'll also agree that the approved sum of 311Bn to the Police is the third largest budgetary provision after Education and Defense in the 2013 budget.


This is a summary of some key allocations in the budget proposal:

Works – N183.5 billion;

Power – N74.26 billion;

Education – N426.53 billion;

Health – N279.23 billion;

Defence – N348.91 billion;

Police – N319.65 billion;

Agriculture & Rural Development – N81.41 billion.

You raise a salient point, but it does not negate from the fact that if Mr. President would stop the waste, he would have more money to spend on critical aspects of nation building. There is no rationale on spending more for feeding than what is allocated to 10 police colleges for maintenance, and then showing up to shed tears at the ramshackle place you underfunded in the first place. If we are saying that we as a nation do not have enough money to fund our institutions, then budget cuts should be applied to executive and legislative administration. Why assign paltry sums to the entire 150 million and huge sums to yourself, cabinet and legislators?

Na wa oohh! They treat themselves as gods and the masses are ants.

Fresh air

ypzilanti:

You raise a salient point, but it does not negate from the fact that if Mr. President would stop the waste, he would have more money to spend on critical aspects of nation building. There is no rationale on spending more for feeding than what is allocated to 10 police colleges for maintenance, and then showing up to shed tears at the ramshackle place you underfunded in the first place.?

There has been lot of hue and cry on increase in funding to all sectors contained in the country's budget over the years, are you saying the marginal increase to the police shouldn't be counted as something?

Have you considered what the provision to Education and Police used to be in the past and what it is now?

No doubt there's dearth of infrastructural development in most of the police commands and formation across the country but the question to be asked is what has been done to the miserly development allocation over the years?

The budgetary figures you bandied was prepared and submitted by the police top echelons to the Presidency itself, just like what is obtainable at other MDAs and not just the President whim...

The Police is presumed to be spending 94% of its total budget on personnel cost and salaries, If the less than 300M allocated for infrastructures could not be managed judiciously and accounted for, will increase in funding help the situation?

take dat: Bros, the total budget of the police sub-sector for 2012 was N331billion and a total provision of N311billion made for 2013. Does the president's priority lie in the reduction of police funding? the overall personnel cost of N293billion for 400000 officers is meagre!

Agreed with you on the overall personnel cost but the increase in funding we all clamored for should be gradual, not at the sleight of hand.

Also bear in mind that the sum of 319.65Bn was actually proposed for the police sub sector, the reduction is from the legislative arms.

Maxymilliano:
Agreed with you on the overall personnel cost but the increase in funding we all clamored for should be gradual, not at the sleight of hand.

Also bear in mind that the sum of 319.65Bn was actually proposed for the police sub sector, the reduction is from the legislative arms.

Note that no effective administrator throws money at departments, or sectors without monitoring the effectiveness of increased spending.

I'm still waiting to hear the justification of huge frivolous spending by presidency and legislators on themselves, juxtaposed against expenditures on critical institutions in Nigeria.

Let's stop this nonsense comparison.

Medals and trophies are for the winners.

It does not matter if Usen Bolt goes with all the medals allocated for Individual Sprints in Olympic.

It doesn't matter if Chelsea or Manchester United wins treble or "fourble" and Arsenal goes empty handed year in year out.

Always aim to be on top by dislocating the occupant or forever keep quite.

Ngwakwe: Let's stop this nonsense comparison.

Medals and trophies are for the winners.

It does not matter if Usen Bolt goes with all the medals allocated for Individual Sprints in Olympic.

It doesn't matter if Chelsea or Manchester United wins treble or "fourble" and Arsenal goes empty handed year in year out.

Always aim to be on top by dislocating the occupant or forever keep quite.

Are you sure you are on the correct thread?

The King should never be compared with his subjects as long as he remains on the throne.

ypzilanti:

Are you sure you are on the correct thread?